Actually excited about a class & a professor...

... a happy excitement, rather than an angsty and upset excitement.

Today I bumped into (figuratively) my history professor on the way to his class. I just finished reading Barbara Tuchmann's Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, a book I discovered in his office when I was there for an advising appointment. I told him about completing it, and asked if he had a title to recommend for the 15th century that covered the same scope as Tuchmann's book.

After thinking for a bit, and asking if there were particular countries I was interested in (England!), he said, "You could always start with Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples; they're a good set to cut your teeth on."

I could have broken out into an Irish dance step then and there. So I've already read most of the books in that set... it is just SO wonderful to have a professor who is comfortable talking about real books. Here's to the hope of meeting many more such in the future.